The chief executive officers of 30 companies including mobile giant, Globacom, Crown Flour Mills, have been ordered to be arrested by members of the Nigerian Senate.
The Senate chamber
The News Agency of Nigeria has exclusively reported that the Senator Bukola Saraki-led Nigerian Senate has ordered the arrest of the chief executive officers of 30 companies for allegedly failing to appear before it.
The companies include telecommunication giant, Globacom, and Crown Flour Mills.
It was gathered that a Senate committee,headed by Hope Uzodinma, had earlier invited the chief executives as part of its investigation into a ‘N30 trillion’ revenue scam allegedly perpetrated by the firms.
The Senate had on Wednesday, threatened to issue the arrest warrants; but on Thursday, it said it was extending the appearance till next week.
The order to arrest the chief executives was given on Friday.
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